HAPPY VIJAYA DASAMI TO YOU ALL!
This day is the Day of Knowledge blessed by The Goddess Saraswathi when I had come across Sweet news as under!
http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/16/stories/2010101658860100.htm
KUDOS TO TATA GROUP FOR THEIR MAGNANIMITY BY DONATING LARGEST AMOUNT TO THE SCHOOL OF KNOWLEDGE- HARVARD, BOSTON ON THIS AUSPICIOUS DAY!
Deviating from the normal format, this Silver Post being the 25th of the series of our Blog, is dedicated to the Silver Screen, the ever-green Movie-zone, still going strong even with stiff competition from Small Screen- The TV!
Reason?
Scroll down to the end please!
CONTENTS:
1)- HISTORY OF FILM-WORLD.
2)- US UNDER REAGON:
3)- HISTORY OF INDIAN FILM-WORLD:
4)- HISTORY OF BOLLYWOOD:
5)- PHALKE, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA:
6)- BOLLYOOD STARS:
7)- TAMIL NADU UNDER MGR:
8)- TAMILNADU STARS NEXT IN GENERATION.
9)- ERA OF TAMIL MOVIES AT CHITTARANJAN.
10)- ரஜனி வழி தனி வழி!.
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1)- HISTORY OF FILM-WORLD:
Films as media for entertainment all over the world is still prevalent.Its rise to this level was definitely not a bed of roses over the centuries past.It is the media that feeds millions of families by entertaining us all!
Why not going back in the History by Link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film#Film_history_from_1895_to_1906
This link gives us an idea mostly about US world of Movies right from Edison era followed by Asia & the rest!
2)- US UNDER REAGON:
After all US have shown us the way how the Movie actors can occupy the Highest Office, The White House as The President as early as 1981!
Ronald Reagon started his career as an actor in Hollywood Movies & then in TV, began his political career as Governor of California State in 1967!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan &
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan
are the Links to know his Bio-data!
3)- HISTORY OF INDIAN FILM WORLD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India- is the link to know about our own Movie-world, Bollywood & Kollywood!
4)- HISTORY OF BOLLYWOOD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood- is the Link to follow!
5)- PHALKE,THE FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA:
I had seen a Marathi Documentary filmed on his heroic efforts in making Movies out of his own finance under his own direction! You have to watch to believe it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke- is the Link on his bio-data.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524539/
6)- BOLLYWOOD STARS:
Kapoor Family of three generations, Pritiviraj, Raj & Randhir along with few other members ruled the Era! Kal, Aaj Aur Kal- was the Movie in which all had acted!Then, came Dadamuni- Ashok kumar, Anup kumar & Kishore kumar- all Brothers!
Randhir is now leading retd. life.Others are not alive now.
One of the senior-most stars of the Hindi film industry, actor Dilip Kumar completed 87 glorious years as on December 11, 2009. Bio-data of this Thespian actor is available in the following Link!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar
- Another yesteryear Evergreen Hero was Dev Anand whose Bio-data can be seen in the Link below!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Anand
Both are living at Mumbai now, retired from acting.
7)- TAMIL NADU UNDER MGR:
Our own State of Tamil Nadu then follwed suit by electing MGR popularly known as ' VADHYAR '
His successful career, both ' On screen ' & ' Off screen ' can be known from the following Link!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran
My boyhood days was the era of ' மூவேந்தர் ' when Sivaji, Gemini & MGR were ruling the Tamil movie world. I was the Fan of Trio- ஆசைக்கு சிவாஜி, அழகுக்கு ஜெமினி மற்றும் அன்புக்கு எம்ஜிஆர்!
Prior to them, MKT Bhagavathar, PU Chinnappa & few others were popular. Due to space constraints, we are not focusing on them. In case of interest in knowing the status of Tamil cinema those days, click the Link below!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_cinema
8)- TAMIL MOVIE STARS NEXT IN GENERATION:
Kamal hasan & Rajani Ganth were the Duo who were ruling the Kollywood after the end of Trio-era!Kamal was unique since he started his career as Child artist when Rajani was Busconducor-turned-actor! Both had shined in their own way & still shining! Credit goes to Director Balachander in exposing their talent in the Movie-world!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Haasan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth-
are the Links to know them.
Sky is the Limit for the talent of Kamal, a glimpse of which was seen in DASAVATHARAM! Click the Link below!
http://hubpages.com/hub/DASAVATHARAM-TRALOR-DASAVATHARAM-PREVIEW-VIDEOS-PICS-STILLS
Here is the Narration given by a Friend in Yahoo group of Thatah Patti reg Kamal's role!
"One thing we had noticed is why people didn't get the real subtext and reason for the various roles and hence the title.
If you knew the real dasavatharams of Lord Vishnu and their characters you can appreciate the script more.
Let me explain, starting with the best adapted role:
1. Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan
Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent's men are drugged at P. Vasu's.. sounds familiar???
2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu
This is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.
3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambi
nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?
4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti
During the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.
5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan
remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar.
6. Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher
Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER... Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to check if he kills 21 people though. :-D
7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi
first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?
8. Rama avatar - Avatar Singh
Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.
9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy
As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!
10. Koorma avatar - Bush
This is the most loose adaptation I couldn't clearly comprehend. But if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom... May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise...
Now about Rajani!
Pictures speak better than words as under!
Here is an actor who created waves beyond India after Raj kapoor who was popular in Russia with his own Movies! Rajani was craze in Japan & elsewhere when his Chandramukhi was released!
Likewise, Enthiren at Global level!
Watch the Photos below!
Few were from New Jersey Theatre where it was running in 3 Multiflex Halls but with small screen, Tamil, Telugu & Hindi!
9)- ERA OF TAMIL MOVIES AT CHITTARANJAN:
Let us now go back to Chittaranjan Railway Colony where there was no scope of seeing Tamil Movies those days. But we, the Fans of Tamil Movies, inspired by those Andhra friends who were successful in bringing Telugu Films, decided to form a Cine-club!There was a Theatre run by the Rly. Admn. at concessional rates for members on roll!Since Telugu Movies were brought & screened once a month in another Rly theatre, we went & met the Manager. He accepted screening Tamil Movies once a month but ticket selling should be done by us. The minimum amount to avoid loss should be paid at any cost to him since we Tamils were so small in strength that one house-ful show was impossible!
We decided to share the cost of loss if it occurs & at the same time also to share the amount of profit among ourselves.We were to go Kolkata, 235 Kms away, at our own cost well in advance to meet the local distributor for selecting the Movie, the best available to us for screening on specific day. Then comes making the Slide by hand for publicity to show in interval.Ticket books were printed & taken around the vast & wide colony to sell.We used to travel by cycle well beyond the boundary to the nearby towns also. We were in groups to cover the entire area specifically around salary days!Bio-data of the Movie chosen to be told to the family contacted & they to be convinced politely to buy the tickets. Members can not avail the usual concessions for this show.Whoever bought the tickets will be acknwledged on the counterfoil with their names & address. Tickets to be exchanged at the counter on the day of screening for the real ones with seat Nos.In case of anybody's failure in reporting for the show, the cost of the tickets would be refunded after the show when the absentees will be known from the conuterfoils.For refunds, we used to go again to those absentees at their homes.Non-tamils including Bengalis were supporting us by taking tickets irrespective of their interest in such Movies.Like that many Movies were brought & screened but to our loss only since Huseful could not be ensured. ' Thiruvilaiyadal ' was the exception when few went back without tickets since it was a Houseful show. we could gain some amount, thereby making up the loss!
10)- ரஜனி வழி தனி வழி:
கருப்புதான் எனக்கு பிடிச்ச கலரு!
Rajani though black by complexion, was the craze among the Kids & Grown-ups just because of his famous Punch dialogues & light acrobats by Hands.He was adored by the above song in some other movie! The media publicity for his 'Enthiren' was unique thereby sustainong the tempo until it was screened. We could watch the movie here at Boston on its last day, last show! Hall was almost empty! Look at the Banner displayed inside by his Fans in the Photos above.Movie as a whole was partly entertaining &Since my watching Movie- Jurassic partly serious.We however were upset with Rahman music, likewise the Heroine!The Road to this Hi-tech movie from the Edison era, centuries back, was phenominal!
Since my watching 'Jurassic Park' at Chittaranjan years back, Rajani & his Charisma forced me to enjoy his Movie now! How were the days! Where we stand now? What more is ahead? Time alone will tell!
Hope you have understood now the reason behind this Silver Post Dedication!
Back to you soon again with our normal Post,
Krishnan
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